Pesticides applied on agricultural lands reach groundwater by leaching, and move to offsite
water bodies by direct runoff, erosion and spray drift. Therefore, an assessment of the …

Rice and fish are an important source of protein for the people of North Sumatra that can be
produced from saline paddy cultivation. The research was conducted started from March …

Nonpoint source pollution from agricultural runoff which contains hazardous agrochemicals
like pesticides and fertilizers threatens water bodies, posing a serious danger to aquatic …

Whitefly, Bemisia tabaci Genn. is a major pest of vegetables. Control of the whitefly has
become a major problem in agriculture pest control programmes despite the use of several …

Rice brown planthopper (BPH), Nilaparvata lugens (Stål)(Hemiptera: Delphacidae), is a
serious pest and inflicts a severe threat to rice cultivation throughout East and Southeast …

Mechanisms of insecticide resistance were studied in five rice insect pests (brown
planthopper Nilaparvata lugens; green leafhopper Nephotettix virescens; paddy …

Laboratory assays (Institute of Entomology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China)
were conducted to assess the potential of virtako, a mixture insecticide, which contains 20 …

The present study on Integrated Pest Management (IPM) of brown plant hopper, Nilaparvata
lugens (Stal) in rice has been conducted as a Front Line Demonstration (FLD) in the …

Commercial crop cultivation in Sri Lanka became evident in the colonial times along with the
shift of sustainable mixed cultivation systems to monoculture system. Insect pest problems …

Black bean aphid, Aphis fabae Scopoli (Homoptera: Aphididae), is a cosmopolitan and
serious pest of diverse plant species. In addition to inflicting direct damage, it is an important …